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Newsom calls Trump's $1 billion UCLA settlement offer extortion, says California won't bow
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Saturday that a $1 billion settlement offer by President Donald Trump's administration for UCLA amounted to political extortion to which the state will not bow.
Newsom blasts Trump’s $1 billion settlement proposal to UCLA as ‘extortion’
Gavin Newsom on Friday blasted Donald Trump’s demand for $1 billion from UCLA over antisemitism allegations in return for millions of dollars in frozen federal research grants, describing the president’s move as an attempt to “silence academic freedom.
Trump Administration Seeks $1 Billion Settlement From UCLA, a White House Official Says
A White House official says the Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles
Trump administration seeks a $1 billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion settlement from the UCLA weeks after the Department of Justice accused the school of "antisemitism and bias." The White House confirmed to CBS News on Friday that is asking for $1billion from the university,
Trump seeks $1-billion fine against UCLA. Newsom says ‘we’ll sue,’ calling it extortion
Hours after the Trump administration demanded that the University of California pay a $1-billion fine to settle federal accusations of antisemitism in exchange for restoring frozen grant funding to UCLA,
Trump Wants UCLA to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Research Funds
The Trump administration is seeking more than $1 billion from the University of California at Los Angeles in exchange for releasing $584 million in federal research funding that the US froze last week.
Trump administration demands $1B settlement from UCLA over campus antisemitism claims
UCLA faces a $1 billion federal settlement demand, plus $172 million in claims, for alleged Title VII civil rights violations under a proposed Trump administration agreement.
Trump Wants $1 Billion Settlement From UCLA
The University of California president criticized the proposed figure, which would be the most paid by any school so far in Trump’s higher education campaign.
University of California reviews US government's $1 billion UCLA settlement offer
The University of California said on Friday it was reviewing a $1 billion settlement offer by President Donald Trump 's administration for UCLA after the government froze hundreds of millions of dollars in funding over pro-Palestinian protests.
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